Sirenomelia apus after trimethoprim exposure: First-trimester ultrasound diagnosis-a case report

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 594-597

  Dosedla, Erik ^a,b   Kalafusová, Michaela ^c   Calda, Pavel ^d  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics   (Slovakia)

^c Refaja Ziekenhuis Stadskanaal   (Netherlands)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; First trimester; Obstetrics; Sirenomelia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHOPRIM; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEG MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOCOMELIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SIRENOMELIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ECTROMELIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TRIMETHOPRIM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84867747499     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21915     Document Type: Article

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